Senior Principal Technical Program Manager

The Walt Disney Company • Glendale, CA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Technology is at the heart of Disney’s past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more – all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney’s media business globally. The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company’s media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world. The Business Operations team helps guide and articulate technology strategy and research, and is responsible for driving the day-to-day operation of the Product & Technology organization, including: project and portfolio management and tracking; organization-level capital, space, and resource management and allocation; process management; technical incident management; and our administrative and workplace experience support team.

Requirements

• Minimum 12+ years of experience managing large-scale, strategic, high-priority software development programs in a well-established global technology organization.
• Expert ability to facilitate effective communication across disparate teams
• Expertise in Agile or Waterfall program management methods that may include Scrum, Kanban, and Scaled Agile.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with a knack for fostering collaboration and an ability to synthesize information for high-level decision-makers
• Evidence of stellar planning, delivery, and problem-solving skills
• Superb written and verbal communication, presentation skills, and meeting facilitation skills (especially when working with senior leadership)
• BA/BS or equivalent experience required

Nice To Haves

• MBA preferred.

Responsibilities

• Will be at the forefront of delivering highly complex, industry leading initiatives that will have broad impacts on the Walt Disney company’s overall success
• Responsible for staying connected to the details and nuances that make up the program you are responsible for, regardless of where they stem from.
• Solving complex technical problems, setting clear program goals, and resolving conflicts
• Diving deep into technical platforms and their architecture, and understanding the impacts of decisions that are made in the near and long term
• Knowing when to slow down and build scalable platform capabilities versus speeding up and accruing tech debt to reach a specific goal or objective
• Articulating complex technical architecture in a simplistic form and presenting it to both technical and business stakeholders
• Being a thought partner to any role within the company – marketing, product, design, engineering, and program, while also influencing large organizations to meet a collective objective.
• Understanding legal stipulations and boundaries and being able to proactively gauge the impact of any mandates to a program’s objectives
• Delivering results despite working in an ambiguous and sometimes highly demanding environment
• Exhibiting a strong bias for action and being able to handle multiple priorities simultaneously
• Defining strategy and turning them into executable road maps for the programs you own
• Responsible for overall coordination, quality, and productivity and will be the primary point of contact for world-wide stakeholders of programs that you run
• Consistently internalize Disney’s Leadership Principles, and live those into everyday practices to guide your programs and teammates to success
• Focusing on fiscal responsibility and ensuring that spend is accurately tracked, programs are within the allocated budget, and that any variances are clearly articulated and justified
• Leading the charge on defining and exhibiting program management excellence, with the goal of maturing the overall organization’s capabilities
• Communicating frequently to all levels of the organization and being the source of truth for program health
• Exemplifying leadership characteristics through collaboration, work ethic, and creative thinking. Strive to inspire others and deliver the best possible outputs.

Benefits

• A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior